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Description
This circa 1948 postcard provides an aerial view of the California State Fairgrounds at Broadway and Stockton Boulevard. In the upper section of the postcard is the racetrack. Within it, is a lake that was added in 1947. By 1950, it was enlarged to nearly the entire size of the track, providing for speedboat races and other water sports, including the cowboy water-ski contest.
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